MANILA: A Philippine mayor President Rodrigo Duterte named as being involved in the illegal drug trade was shot dead in jail Saturday, police said, the second local official implicated in narcotics to be killed in two weeks. He had named several local officials, policemen and judges as being involved in the narcotics trade and urged them to surrender. Mayor Espinosa then surrendered to the national police chief, saying he feared for his life, and was arrested last month. He added that another inmate accused of drug trafficking was also killed, after he too fired at the officers. Another mayor accused of drug trafficking was killed in the southern Philippines in late October.

Source: New Strait Times November 05, 2016 08:42 UTC